Preparation method and application of single emulsifier and double emulsion based on dna triangular origami technology

ABSTRACT

A preparation method and application of a single emulsifier and a double emulsion based on DNA triangular origami technology include designing and synthesizing staple strands of DNA triangular origami; mixing DNA scaffold strand and staple strands to synthesize the DNA triangular origami; purifying and enriching the triangular origami; and preparing the double emulsion. A process of the disclosure is simple, the obtained DNA triangular origami can be used as a single emulsifier of the double emulsion, the prepared emulsion can deliver hydrophilic arbutin and hydrophobic coumaric acid at the same time, and a central nano hole of the DNA triangular origami can be used as a nano channel for releasing arbutin and coumaric acid. Zero-order release can be achieved through an intermolecular force between arbutin and coumaric acid and the DNA triangular origami and pore confinement effect.

The instant application contains a Sequence Listing which has been submitted electronically in the ASCII text file and is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. The ASCII text file is a sequence listing entitled “2022-08-15-Substitute-Seq-Listing” created on Aug. 15, 2022 and having a size of 29,086 bytes in compliance of 37 CFR 1.821.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The disclosure relates to a technical field of DNA nanostructure preparation, in particular to a single emulsifier stabilized double emulsion based on DNA triangular origami technology and application of the double emulsion as a phenolic substance delivery system.

BACKGROUND ART

Structural characteristics of DNA is predictable with Watson-Crick base complementary pairing principle. In 1982, Seeman proposed to use DNA as building materials to assemble geometric objects with nanoscale features. This revolutionary idea laid foundation for a new research field, which is now called “structured DNA nanotechnology”. A rigid branched DNA pattern was developed based on complementary Watson-Crick base pairs between fragments of a given oligonucleotide group by using self-identification characteristics of DNA. In 2006, Rothemund introduced scaffold-based DNA origami technologies, which makes an extraordinary breakthrough in construction of nano-scale DNA objects.

Invention of DNA origami technology is a milestone of DNA nanotechnology, in which long single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) is folded into a specified shape with assistance of hundreds of short DNA strands. Therefore, the DNA origami technology provides ability to generate nano-objects with complex shapes and complete molecular addressability in a predefined size, which makes DNA origami an important tool for constructing DNA-based nanostructures.

An emulsion is a mixture of two or more liquids, which are usually immiscible due to liquid-liquid phase separation. In the emulsion, one liquid (a dispersed phase) is dispersed in another liquid (continuous phase). Two liquids can form different types of emulsions. For example, oil and water can firstly form an oil-in-water emulsion, where oil is the dispersed phase and water is the continuous phase. Secondly, they can form water-in-oil emulsion, in which water is the dispersed phase and oil is the continuous phase. A variety of emulsions are also possible, including “water-in-oil-in-water” (W/O/W) and “oil-in-water-in-oil” (O/W/O) emulsions. The emulsion is widely used in fields of food, cosmetics and medicines for its excellent loading capacity.

A double emulsion has attracted much attention because it can be embedded with both water-phase substances and oil-phase substances. The double emulsion refers to a complex liquid dispersion system of “emulsion being dispersed in emulsion”, in which droplets of a dispersed phase itself contain smaller dispersed droplets, for example, W/O/W and O/W/O emulsions. Because of its internal partition structure, the double emulsion has more advantages than a common emulsion in controlled release, active substance protection and catalysis. Although it has some advantages over a common single emulsion, a stable double emulsion is usually not formed by single emulsifiers and it is necessary to use hydrophilic and hydrophobic emulsifiers to prepare the double emulsion. For example, in preparing a W/O/W emulsion, firstly, a hydrophobic emulsifier (with hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB) value of 3-8) is used to prepare a primary W/O emulsion, and then the prepared emulsion is further dispersed in an external water phase containing a hydrophilic emulsifier (HLB=9-10) to form a W/O/W double emulsion. Due to a fact that curvatures of two types of interfaces in the double emulsion are opposite and it is difficult for a single emulsifier to stabilize the two types of interfaces at the same time, it is extremely difficult to stabilize the double emulsion with one emulsifier.

Arbutin and coumaric acid both are phenolic substances, and both have anti-melanin effect, so they have whitening effect. However, arbutin is a hydrophilic substance while coumaric acid is a hydrophobic substance, and their simultaneous application is challenging. In addition, in order to ensure optimal efficacy of arbutin and coumaric acid, it is necessary to maintain their concentration, and thus it is necessary to achieve simultaneous delivery and controlled release of arbutin and coumaric acid.

SUMMARY

An object of the disclosure is to provide a single emulsifier based on a novel DNA triangular origami technology.

Another object of the present disclosure is to provide a preparation method of a double emulsion stabilized with the single emulsifier, which realizes stabilization of the double emulsion by using single component DNA triangular origami as an emulsifier, which can deliver arbutin and coumaric acid at the same time and realize controlled release to ensure that arbutin and coumaric acid provide optimal whitening effect.

A third object of the present disclosure is to provide application of the double emulsion based on DNA origami technology as a phenolic delivery system.

In order to achieve the above object, the disclosure adopts following technical schemes.

In an aspect of the disclosure, a single emulsifier based on DNA triangular origami technology is provided. The single emulsifier is DNA triangular origami prepared by modifying cholesterol onto DNA staple strands and synthesizing with a DNA scaffold strand. The cholesterol is modified onto 3′ ends of the DNA staple strands, and the DNA triangular origami has a central nano hole, both of the DNA triangular origami and the central nano hole are equilateral triangles, and a number of cholesterol-modified DNA staple strands in each block unit of the DNA triangular origami is 15.

In this technical scheme, the inventor found through experiments that, with directed design of amphiphilic DNA triangular origami, a proportion of cholesterol modification has influence on emulsifying performance. The number of the cholesterol-modified DNA staple strands in each block unit is 15, which has optimal stabilizing effect on the emulsion.

As a preferred scheme of the present disclosure, the cholesterol-modified DNA staple strands are SEQ ID NO.2, SEQ ID NO.5, SEQ ID NO.6, SEQ ID NO.10, SEQ ID NO.13, SEQ ID NO.18, SEQ ID NO.19, SEQ ID NO.20, SEQ ID NO.24, SEQ ID NO.31, SEQ ID NO.36, SEQ ID NO.43, SEQ ID NO.47, SEQ ID NO.54, SEQ ID NO.57, SEQ ID NO.62, SEQ ID NO.63, SEQ ID NO.65, SEQ ID NO.66, SEQ ID NO.67, SEQ ID NO.68, SEQ ID NO.72, SEQ ID NO.77, SEQ ID NO.78, SEQ ID NO.82, SEQ ID NO.83, SEQ ID NO.87, SEQ ID NO.97, SEQ ID NO.99, SEQ ID NO.105, SEQ ID NO.111, SEQ ID NO.112, SEQ ID NO.116, SEQ ID NO.119, SEQ ID NO.126, SEQ ID NO.129, SEQ ID NO.135, SEQ ID NO.136, SEQ ID NO.139, SEQ ID NO.141, SEQ ID NO.142, SEQ ID NO.145, SEQ ID NO.149 and SEQ ID NO.155.

In another aspect of the disclosure, a preparation method of a double emulsion based on DNA triangular origami technology is provided, which includes following steps.

In Step (1), the DNA staple strands are designed and synthesized.

In Step (2), the DNA scaffold strand and the DNA staple strands are mixed and dissolved in a buffer, and a temperature program is set to synthesize the DNA triangular origami.

In Step (3), the DNA triangular origami obtained in step (2) is purified and enriched. In Step (4), arbutin is added into an internal water phase, coumaric acid is added into an internal oil phase, the enriched DNA triangular origami obtained in step (3) is added into the internal water phase, which then is added into the internal oil phase and subjected to ultrasonic reaction to obtain a W/O emulsion.

In Step (5), the enriched DNA triangular origami obtained in step (3) is added into an external water phase, and then the W/O emulsion obtained in step (4) is added for ultrasonic reaction to prepare a W/O/W double emulsion based on the DNA triangular origami technology.

In this technical scheme, hydrophilicity of DNA itself and lipophilicity brought by cholesterol modification are used to design amphiphilic DNA triangular origami in this disclosure. Different from a traditional W/O/W double emulsion, this double emulsion is stabilized with single-component DNA triangular origami as an emulsifier, with the central nano hole of the DNA triangular origami as a nano channel for release of arbutin and coumaric acid, which realizes controlled release of arbutin and coumaric acid and has great application potential.

As a preferred scheme of the present disclosure, in step 1), a total number of the staple strands of the DNA triangular origami is 156.

As a preferred scheme of the disclosure, in step 2), the DNA scaffold strand is M13mp18, a molar concentration ratio of the DNA scaffold strand to the DNA staple strands is 1:10, and the buffer is a TAE-Mg2+ buffer. The temperature program is set to be 95° C. for 3 min, followed by temperature drops from 95° C. to 15° C. at a cooling rate of 0.01-0.02° C./s.

As a preferred scheme of the disclosure, in step 3), a concentration of the enriched DNA triangular origami is 10±1 μM.

As a preferred scheme of the disclosure, in step 4), addition amount of arbutin is 500±1 μg/mL and addition amount of coumaric acid is 100±1 μg/mL.

As a preferred scheme of the disclosure, in step 4), a volume ratio of the internal water phase to the internal oil phase is 1:4 to 6. In step 5), a volume ratio of the W/O emulsion to the external water phase is 1:4 to 6.

As a preferred scheme of the disclosure, in step 4) and step 5), ultrasonic power of the ultrasonic reaction is 80±5 W, with a frequency of 25±5 kHz and an ultrasonic duration of 90±5 s.

In a third aspect of the present disclosure, an application of a double emulsion based on DNA triangular origami technology in a phenolic delivery system is provided.

Compared with the prior art, the invention provides the following beneficial effects.

(1) In the disclosure, caDNAno software is adopted to design the DNA triangular origami, which is simple, convenient and quick to operate.

(2) In the disclosure, the cholesterol is used to modify a specific number of DNA staple strands, and the prepared DNA triangular origami can be used as a single emulsifier to stabilize the W/O/W double emulsion, which has good stability and can simultaneously deliver hydrophilic arbutin and hydrophobic coumaric acid.

(3) The DNA triangular origami designed in the disclosure has the central nano hole, which can be used as a nano channel for release of arbutin and coumaric acid, thus controlling release of arbutin and coumaric acid, and having important significance in sufficiently achieving whitening effect of arbutin and coumaric acid.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a design diagram of caDNAno software of the present disclosure, including respective block units of DNA triangular origami and staple strands.

FIG. 2 shows an AFM image of DNA triangular origami.

FIG. 3 is an agarose gel electrophoretogram.

FIG. 4 is a stability analysis diagram of a W/O/W double emulsion.

FIG. 5 shows release curves of arbutin and coumaric acid.

FIG. 6 shows whitening effect of zebrafish.

FIG. 7 shows melanin content of zebrafish.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The disclosure will be further explained with reference to following embodiments. Experimental methods used in the following embodiments are conventional methods unless otherwise specified. Materials and reagents used in the embodiments can be available from commercial sources unless otherwise specified.

DNA scaffold strand M13mp18 was purchased from New England Biolabs Inc., USA; DNA staple strands were purchased from Shanghai Shenggong Biological Co., Ltd.; arbutin and coumaric acid were purchased from Shanghai Aladdin Biochemical Technology Co., Ltd.; a 100 kDa ultrafiltration tube was purchased from Millipore Inc., USA; PTC-200 PCR instrument is from MJ Research Inc., Canada; Dimension Icon atomic force microscope is from Bruker Inc., Germany; OCA-20 contact angle tester is from Dataphysics Inc., Germany; Turbiscan Lab Expert stability analyzer is from Formulaction Inc., France; and Agilent 1290 Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography is from Agilent Inc., USA.

Referring to FIG. 1 , according to complementary DNA base pairing principle, a series of DNA patterns drawn by repeatedly folding long single-stranded DNA with short single-stranded DNA designed by caDNAno software are called DNA origami. Natural long single-stranded DNA is called a DNA scaffold strand, and short single-stranded DNA is called a DNA staple strand.

According to Watson-Crick base-pairing rules, DNA origami is a series of DNA structures synthesized by repeatedly folding long single-stranded DNA with short single-stranded DNA designed by software. The long single-stranded DNA is called DNA scaffold, and the short single-stranded DNA is called DNA staples.

Embodiment 1

A preparation method of a double emulsion stabilized by a single emulsifier based on DNA triangular origami technology includes following specific steps.

(1) Refer to FIG. 1 , respective block units of DNA triangular origami are designed in caDNAno software so as to obtain DNA staple strands at the same time, as shown in Table 1:

Cholesterol is modified onto 3′ ends of the DNA staple strands in sequences of SEQ ID NO.2, SEQ ID NO.5, SEQ ID NO.6, SEQ ID NO.10, SEQ ID NO.13, SEQ ID NO.18, SEQ ID NO.19, SEQ ID NO.20, SEQ ID NO.24, SEQ ID NO.31, SEQ ID NO.36, SEQ ID NO.43, SEQ ID NO.47, SEQ ID NO.54, SEQ ID NO.57, SEQ ID NO.62, SEQ ID NO.63, SEQ ID NO.65, SEQ ID NO.66, SEQ ID NO.67, SEQ ID NO.68, SEQ ID NO.72, SEQ ID NO.77, SEQ ID NO.78, SEQ ID NO.82, SEQ ID NO.83, SEQ ID NO.87, SEQ ID NO.97, SEQ ID NO.99, SEQ ID NO.105, SEQ ID NO.111, SEQ ID NO.112, SEQ ID NO.116, SEQ ID NO.119, SEQ ID NO.126, SEQ ID NO.129, SEQ ID NO.135, SEQ ID NO.136, SEQ ID NO.139, SEQ ID NO.141, SEQ ID NO.142, SEQ ID NO.145, SEQ ID NO.149 and SEQ ID NO.155.

(2) 10 nM of DNA scaffold strand M13mp18 and 100 nM of the DNA staple strands are solved in a TAE-Mg2+ buffer.

(3) The mixed DNA scaffold strand and DNA staple strands are placed in a PCR instrument, the temperature program is set to be 95° C. for 3 min followed by temperature drops from 95° C. to 15° C. at a cooling rate of 0.01° C./s. The DNA triangular origami was purified and enriched to 10 μM by an ultrafiltration tube.

(4) 500 μg/mL arbutin and 100 μg/mL coumaric acid were added into an internal water phase and oil phase respectively, and the internal water phase contains 1004 of the DNA triangular origami. 3 mL of the internal water phase is added into 15 mL of the oil phase, and ultrasonic treatment is performed with ultrasonic power of 80 W, a frequency of 25 kHz and an ultrasonic duration of 90 s (operating for 1 s and stopping for 1 s) to obtain a W/O emulsion.

(5) 3 ml of the W/O emulsion is taken to add into 15 mL of an external water phase containing 100 μM of the DNA triangular origami, and ultrasonic treatment is performed with ultrasonic power of 80 W, a frequency of 25 kHz and an ultrasonic duration of 90 s (operating for 1 s and stopping for 1 s) to obtain a W/O/W double emulsion.

TABLE 1 DNA staple strands length No. Sequence (5’ to 3’) (nt) Modification 1 GCCTGAGTGCATAAAGCTAAATCGTTCATTTGGGGCGCG 48 ATATAATGC 2 GCAAACAAGAGAATCGATGAACGGGTAGCTATTTTTGAG 48 3’Cholesterol AAATGCAAT 3 CACCCTCAGCCGGTTTATCAGCTTGCTCTCCAAAA 35 4 GTAAAGCCTGGGGTGCTTTATTTCAACGCAAG 32 5 AAATATCGCGTAACAGTTCAGAAAACGACACTATC 35 3’Cholesterol 6 TTAGTTTGCCATATAACAGTTGATTCCCAATT 32 3’Cholesterol 7 TAAATCCTAAGCGTCATACATGGCTTTTGATGATA 35 8 AATCAGATTCCTGAATCTTACCAACGCTAACGAGCGTCT 40 T 9 GGTAATAGTAATCATACAGGCAAGGCAAAAGG 32 10 GATAGCGTCCAATAAGAAGTTTTGCCAGATAATAA 35 3’Cholesterol 11 ATTATTACGAGAGGCTTTTGCAAACTGCGGAATCG 35 12 CACTTGAAACATGAAAGTATTAAGAGGCTGAGACTCAA 39 G 13 GGTGGTTCCGAAATCGGCAAAATCCAGCAGGC 32 3’Cholesterol 14 TTAATAGAAGGCTTATCCGTCGGCTGTCTTTC 32 15 TCAGAGGGCGCATTAGACG 19 16 GAATTGAGTGGGCGCATCGTAACCGTGCAAGC 32 17 TCAGAACCGCCACCCTCCAGTACAAACTATCC 32 18 TCATAATCAAAAGAGGCAGGTCAGACGAGTGTACTGGTA 46 3’Cholesterol ATAAGTT 19 CTAATGAGTGAGCTAACCACGCTG 24 3’Cholesterol 20 GATAAAAATTTTTAGATATGACCCTGTAATACCGCAAATG 43 3’Cholesterol GTC 21 CAAAAGAATATAATAACGGAATACCCAAACAC 32 22 GCCTGTTTATCAAAGAAACCAATCAATAAGTATTC 35 23 GGATTAGCGGGGTTTTTCAGAGCCACCACCCTCTA 35 24 GAAAGACAGTTGTCACAATCAATAGAAAAATC 32 3’Cholesterol 25 GGTAACGCCAGGGTTTTCCCAGTCTCCACACAACATACG 44 ATGCG 26 TCATAAGCAAACTCCAACAGGTCAGGATTAGAGAGTCTG 39 27 CAAGGCGATTAAGTTGTGCCTGAGAGTCTGGA 32 28 AAAACCAAAATAGCAGGTAGAAAGATTCAGTGAAT 35 29 CCAGTTACAAAATAAAATTAACTG 24 30 GTAGGAATCATTACCGCGCCCAATGTATTAAA 32 31 CCAAGTACATTCTGTCCAG 19 3’Cholesterol 32 TTTTTGTTTAAGCCTTAAATCAAGATAGGCGTTTT 35 33 TAGAAAATACATACATAAAGGTGGCAACATATGCGCCAA 45 AGACAA 34 TTTCGTCACAGAGCCACCACCCTCAGAGCATG 32 35 GGGAAGGTAAATATTGTCCAGAGCCTAATTTG 32 36 CTTTTCAGCTAATGCAGAAAAATTCTTACCAGTAT 35 3’Cholesterol 37 AAAGCCAACGCTCAACGACAATAAACAACATGATC 35 38 GATTTAGGCGTTTACCAGACG 21 3’Cholesterol 39 CTTGAGATGGTTTAATTTCAACTTTAATCATTTCAGTTGA 40 40 TACAATTGCGAATAATAATTAGTTAGCGTAAC 32 41 GTGTAGGTAAAGAATTAATGCCGGAGAGGTAATCG 35 42 TAAAACTAGCTAAATTGTAAACGTTAATATTTTGTTAAAA 42 TT 43 GATCATTTTCAGGGATAGCCTCAAGAGAAGGATTA 35 3’Cholesterol 44 AGGCGCATGACCAAC 15 45 TTTGAAAGAGGACAGACATTAAACGGGTAAAA 32 46 TTTCACCATTAATGAATCGGCCAATCATGGTCATA 35 47 TCAAAAATGCTGCGCAACTGTTGGGAAGGCGA 32 3’Cholesterol 48 GAATTACGAGGCATAGTAAGAGCAAGAATGAC 32 49 GTGAGAAGAATTAGCAAAATTAACAATTCTACTAA 35 50 TAAATCAGCTCATTTTTGTGAGCGAGTAACAACCCGTCG 40 G 51 TCAAAAATAATTCGCGTTAGCCGGAACGAGAC 32 52 TTTAATTGCTCCTTTTGATAAGAGGTCATAGT 32 53 CCTAAAACGAAAGGGTAGCAACGGCTACAGATCGT 35 54 ATTCCAAGAACGGAGCAAGCA 21 3’Cholesterol 55 CCATAATTAGAGCCAGCAAATTCATATGGTTTA 33 56 CCCAATAGGAACCCCACAGACAGCCCTCATTTTTC 35 57 CGGTTGATAATCAGAAAATATTCATTACCGAC 32 3’Cholesterol 58 ACGGAAATTATTCATTAAAGGTGATCAAGTTTGCCTTTAG 44 CTTT 59 GTTTGCCCCCTTATAAATCAAAAGAATAGCCCGAGATAG 48 GAGTTGCAG 60 GCTGTTGCATGCCTGCAGGTGCGATCGGTGCGG 33 61 GAAAATCCTGTTTGATCTGCGAACGAGTAGAT 32 62 CCAAAAAGAAACGCAAAGAAGAACTGGCATGA 32 3’Cholesterol 63 AATACGACGTTGTAAAACGAGCTGGCGAAAGGGGGATG 43 3’Cholesterol TGCTG 64 AGATTAAGCCCAATAATAAGAGCAAGAAACAATCA 35 65 CAGTTTCAGCGGAGTGAGAATAGATTTCCAGACGTTAGT 45 3’Cholesterol ACTCAG 66 CAAGCGGTCTCACATTAATTGCGTGCCGGAAGCATAAAG 40 3’Cholesterol T 67 ACCAGTAGCACCATTACCTTTAATTGTATAGC 32 3’Cholesterol 68 TCGGTCATAGCCCCCTCAAACAAA 24 3’Cholesterol 69 AGTATGTTAGCAAACGAACACCCTGAACAAAG 32 70 CCCCCTGCCTATTTCGGAACCTATTATTCGAG 32 71 AAGACTTGAGCCATTTGGGCGATAGCAGCACCGTACAC 38 72 ACCAATAGGAACGTGTATAAGCAAATATTATGTCA 35 3’Cholesterol 73 ATCATATGTACCGTTCTAGCTGATAATTCAAAAGG 35 74 AATATGAAATAGCAATAGCTATCTTACCGAAGCCCT 36 75 TGAACGGTACGAGAAACACCAGAA 24 76 ATGAGGGCTTGCAGGGAGTTATTAAACAGCTTGA 34 77 CAGAAGCAAAGCGGATTGCATCAAAAAGATTAAAAAAT 48 3’Cholesterol CAGGTCTTTA 78 CACCGGAACCGCCACCAGAGCCGCCGCCAGCCTTG 35 3’Cholesterol 79 GTAACAACATCAAGAGTAATCTTGGCGCAGACGGT 35 80 GCCTCAGGAAGATCGCCGCATTAAATTTTTGT 32 81 AGTAACAGTGCCCGTATAAACAGTTACGCCACCAG 35 82 CTCTAGAGGATCCCCGGGGGAGGTTTTGAACG 32 3’Cholesterol 83 AAAAGGCCAACGCCTGTAGCATTCATGTACCGTAA 35 3’Cholesterol 84 AAGAAAAATTGCGTATTGGGCGCCAGGGTGGG 32 85 GGAGATTTGTATCATCGCCTGATAAATTGTGTCAT 35 86 GCCTTCCTGTAGCCAGCTTTCATCAACATTAAATTA 36 87 AATAAGACATAAAAACAGGGAAGTAATTGAGCGCT 35 3’Cholesterol 88 AACCACCTCCCTCAGAGCCGCCATCACCAATGAAA 35 89 CCGGAGACAGTCAAATCAAAAATCTACGTGGG 32 90 CAATCGAAATCCGCGACCTGCTCCATGTTACTCTG 35 91 GTTTTCATCGGCATTTCGTTTTTATTTTCATC 32 92 ACGTTGAAAATTTCGAGGTGAATTTCAAGGCCGCT 35 93 ACTAAAGGCGATAGTTGCGCCGACAATGACAACAACCAT 40 C 94 CGAAAAACCGTCTATCACATAATTACTAGAAC 32 95 GGAACCAGAGCATCAGTAGCGACAGAAATTATCAC 35 96 AACCGCCACCCGCTCAGTACCAGGCGGATAAGTGC 35 97 AGTCTCTGAATTTACCGTTCCAGTCATTAAAG 32 3’Cholesterol 98 TAAAGAACGTGGACTCCAACGTCAAAGGTTTTTCT 35 99 GAGAATATAAAGTACCCAACGCCAACATGTAATTTAGGC 48 3’Cholesterol AGAGGCATT 100 CCAGAATGGAAAGCGCTTCGAGCCAGTAATAA 32 101 TACATAACGCCAAAAGGCTAAACAACTTTCAA 32 102 CGTCGAGACCTCAGAACCGCCACCAATGAATTTTCGGGA 43 TTTT 103 GCCACGGCCAGTGCCAAGCTTTCCTGTGTGAAATTCTG 38 104 TTACGAACAAAGTTACCAGAAGGAAACCGAGGAAA 35 105 CTCACTGCCCGCCGCCTGGCCCTGAGAGGTTGAGT 35 3’Cholesterol 106 AAGAACCGGAGCCCCAAAAACAGGAAGATCCA 32 107 ATATTGTTGTACCAAAAACATACCCTCAT 29 108 CCGACTTGCGTACCGAGCTCGAATTCGTAACG 32 109 ATATTTTAGATCTACAAAGGCTATCAGGTCAT 32 110 TTTTAAGAAAAGTAAGCAGATAGCAGACTCCTTATTACG 40 C 111 GGTTTAGTACCGCCACGGGTTGATATAAGTATAGCCCGGA 48 3’Cholesterol ATAGGTGT 112 TGTAGCTCAACATGTTTTAAATATCCTGTTTAGCT 35 3’Cholesterol 113 GCCATTCGCCATTCAGGAAAATAGCAGCCCAA 32 114 TCATTCAGTGGATTTTAAGAACTGGCCGGAACAAC 35 115 AGCATTAACATCCAATAAAAATGTTTAGAACC 32 116 AAGCGAACCAGACCGGAAATATTCATTGAATCATA 35 3’Cholesterol 117 GTAAAGTACGCACTCATCGAGAACAAGCAAGC 32 118 AATAAGCAACTAAAGTACGGTGTCTGGAAGTTTCATTAC 45 CATTAG 119 GCCGCCGGAAACCAGGCAATCTGCCAGTTTGA 32 3’Cholesterol 120 CACGGAATAAGTTTATTCATCGGAACGAGAGG 32 121 CGAGTAGTAAATTGGGGCCCACGCATAACCGA 32 122 AACGAACTAATCATTATACCAGTCAGCAAATCAAC 35 123 TACCTTATGCAATAAGGCTTGCCCTGGTACAGACC 35 124 ACGCCCCTCAAATGCTTTATTTAATTCGAGCTTCA 35 125 ATAACCCTAATACCACATTCAACTAATGCAGA 32 126 AAGGGAACCGAACTAGGCTGGCTGACCTTAGCTGC 35 3’Cholesterol 127 AAAAGGAGCCATTAGCAAGGCCGGAAACGCCC 32 128 ACGACAGTAGGGCTTAATTGAGAATCGCCATATTTAAGA 45 CAAAAG 129 TCGTGCCAGCTGCAGTGAGACGGGCAACACACTAT 35 3’Cholesterol 130 GTTGTTCCAGTTTGGAACAAGAGTCGCTGATTGCC 35 131 ATTCTCCGTGGGAACAAACGGCGGGACGACGACAGTAT 40 CG 132 CCTGAAAAAGCCTGTTTAGTATCATATGCGTTATACCGC 39 133 TTAACGGGGTCAGTGCATTGACAGGAGGTTTCACC 35 134 CGCAACACTAAAACACTCATCTTTGACCCCCACAA 35 135 TTTGCGGGAGGCTTTGAGGACTAGCCACTACGAAG 35 3’Cholesterol 136 TAGTTTTTGCGGATGGCTTAGAGCTTAATTGCT 33 3’Cholesterol 137 CGCGGGGAGAGGCGGTTAATATCCCATCCCTC 32 138 TAAGAACGCGTAGTTGCTATTTTGCACCCAATCCA 35 139 AAGTTTTGTCGTCAAGGAACA 21 3’Cholesterol 140 CTTCACTTTCCAGTCGGGAAACGTTATCCGCTCAC 35 141 CGTCACCGGGCGACATTCAACCGATTGAGGGA 32 3’Cholesterol 142 ATACATTTTTTTGCGGGAGAAGCC 24 3’Cholesterol 143 TACGTAATAAGACTTTTTC 19 144 CATAAATCAGAGGAAGCCCGAAAGACTTC 29 145 GTTGGGAAGACCATCAATATGATATTCAACCC 32 3’Cholesterol 146 CCCTGACTATTATAGTATCACCGTACTCAGGA 32 147 GGAGACAGCCATATTATTTATCCCAGCTACAATT 34 148 GAGAGATAACCCATTTACAGAGAGAATAAAACGAT 35 149 TTTGCCATCGTCAGACTGTAGCGC 24 3’Cholesterol 150 GCACGCGATTATACCAAGCGCGAAACAAAGTACAAC 36 151 ACTCCAGCCAGCTTTCCGGCACCGCTTCTGGTTCTTCGC 45 TATTAC 152 GGGATTGACCGTAATGGGATAGGTCACGTTGGTGT 35 153 GAAGCTGAAAAGGTGGCATGCAATAAAGCCTCAGAAAT 38 154 TATATTCGGTCGCTGAGAAGTTTC 24 155 AGCGAACTAATTTACGAGCATGTCAATAGATAAGT 35 3’Cholesterol 156 CAGGATTGGCCTTGATATTCATATTAGCG 29

Comparative Embodiment 1

All of conditions are the same as in Embodiment 1, except that a number of cholesterol-modified DNA staple strands in each of the block units in step (1) is 10.

Comparative Embodiment 2

All of conditions are the same as those in Embodiment 1, except that a concentration of the DNA triangular origami purified in step (3) is 5 μM.

Comparative Embodiment 3

All of conditions are the same as in Embodiment 1, except that: In step (4), a commonly used O/W emulsifier Tween 80 is used to replace the DNA triangular origami, and in step (5), W/O PGPR is used to replace the DNA triangular origami.

Quality indexes of above-mentioned products or products in intermediate steps are inspected specifically as follows.

The DNA triangular origami obtained by purification and enrichment in step (3) is inspected by an atomic force microscope, agarose gel electrophoresis and a contact angle tester.

Atomic force microscope (AFM) detection is as follows.

In this experiment, a mica substrate was used to fix the DNA triangular origami. The DNA triangular origami of Embodiment 1 was diluted 100 times, and 0.34, of diluted samples were respectively adhered onto a mica sheet, standing for 5 min, washed with 1004, of ultrapure water, naturally air-dried and scanned under a Dimension Icon atomic force microscope, with a scanning mode of peak force tapping.

Agarose gel electrophoresis detection is as follows.

Agarose gel with a concentration of 0.8% was prepared with a 1×TAE-Mg2+ buffer, and the 1×TAE-Mg2+ buffer was added into an electrophoresis tank. 10 μL of the DNA triangular origami of Embodiment 1 was mixed with 2 μL of 6×Loading Buffer, injected into the gel hole, and electrophoresed at 100V for 60 min. After electrophoresis, it was stained with 4×SYBR Gold and imaged in a gel imager. A DNA structure represented by each of strips is determined according to a migration speed of the strip in an imaging map.

Interfacial tension test is as follows.

An oil phase is poured into a transparent glass dish and a water phase into a syringe. In Embodiment 1, 10 μM of the DNA triangular origami of Embodiment 1 is added into the water phase. In Comparative Embodiment 1 10 μM of the DNA triangular origami of Comparative Embodiment 1 is added into the water phase. In Comparative Embodiment 2 5 μM of the DNA origami of Comparative Embodiment 3 is added into the water phase. In Comparative Embodiment 3, 10 μM of Tween 80 is added in the water phase. Under action of gravity, water will form droplets in the oil phase. A CCD camera is used to record a change process of water droplets in the oil phase. An analysis software provided by the instrument is used to fit a Young-Laplace equation, and an interfacial tension value is obtained.

The W/O/W emulsion obtained in step (5) was tested for emulsion stability and release curves.

Emulsion stability analysis is as follows.

Turbiscan Lab Expert was used to measure emulsion stability. The W/O/W emulsion of Embodiment 1 contains 10 μM of the DNA origami of Embodiment 1 in both its internal and external water phases, The W/O/W emulsion of Comparative Embodiment 1 contains 10 μM of the DNA triangular origami of Comparative Embodiment 1 in both its internal and external water phases, the W/O/W emulsion of Comparative Embodiment 2 contains 5 μM of the DNA triangular origami of Comparative Embodiment 2 in both its internal and external water phases, and the W/O/W emulsion of Comparative Embodiment 3 contains 10 μM of PGPR in its oil phase and 10 μM of Tween 80 in its water phase. 18 mL of the prepared W/O/W emulsion is poured into a cylindrical glass test tube, scanned every 30 min minutes for 24 hours, with temperature being set at 25° C. Turbiscan stability index of the emulsion was determined with a backlight scattering mode. The smaller the stability index, the more stable the emulsion is.

In vitro release experiment is as follows.

The W/O/W emulsion of Embodiment 1 contains 1004 of the DNA origami of Embodiment 1 in both its internal and external water phases, The W/O/W emulsion of Comparative Embodiment 1 contains 1004 of the DNA triangular origami of Comparative Embodiment 1 in both its internal and external water phases, the W/O/W emulsion of Comparative Embodiment 2 contains 5 μM of the DNA triangular origami of Comparative Embodiment 2 in both its internal and external water phases, and the W/O/W emulsion of Comparative Embodiment 3 contains 1004 of PGPR in its oil phase and 10 μM of Tween 80 in its water phase. To study the in vitro release, 1 mL of the prepared W/O/W emulsion was placed in PBS solution with a physiological pH=7.4. This mixture was shaken at 200 rpm and then centrifuged at different time intervals (4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24 hours). HPLC was used to evaluate the in vitro release curve.

In Vivo Whitening Experiment of Zebrafish

The W/O/W emulsion of Embodiment 1 contains 1004 of the DNA origami of Embodiment 1 in both its internal and external water phases, The W/O/W emulsion of Comparative Embodiment 1 contains 1004 of the DNA triangular origami of Comparative Embodiment 1 in both its internal and external water phases, the W/O/W emulsion of Comparative Embodiment 2 contains 5 μM of the DNA triangular origami of Comparative Embodiment 2 in both its internal and external water phases, and the W/O/W emulsion of Comparative Embodiment 3 contains 1004 of PGPR in its oil phase and 10 μM of Tween 80 in its water phase. Wild AB zebrafish embryos were adopted for whitening experiment of zebrafish, and healthy zebrafish embryos cultured for 10 hours were used for emulsion intervention experiment. They were randomly divided into five groups, a blank control group (system water) and four treated groups (Embodiment 1, Comparative Embodiments 1 to 3), with 25 embryos in each group. The embryos in the treated group were cultured by mixing the zebrafish system water with the emulsion at a ratio of 1:1, with intervention of UV-B (312 nm) with intensity of 0.5 W/m² applied for 24 hours. After 62 hours of cultivation, zebrafish was anesthetized with tricaine, fixed on a slide with 3% methylcellulose solution, and placed under stereomicroscope to observe the whitening effect.

Determination of Melanin Content in Zebrafish

The W/O/W emulsion of Embodiment 1 contains 1004 of the DNA origami of Embodiment 1 in both its internal and external water phases, The W/O/W emulsion of Comparative Embodiment 1 contains 10 μM of the DNA triangular origami of Comparative Embodiment 1 in both its internal and external water phases, the W/O/W emulsion of Comparative Embodiment 2 contains 5 μM of the DNA triangular origami of Comparative Embodiment 2 in both its internal and external water phases, and the W/O/W emulsion of Comparative Embodiment 3 contains 10 μM of PGPR in its oil phase and 10 μM of Tween 80 in its water phase. The above five groups of zebrafish embryos (blank group, Embodiment 1, Comparative Embodiments 1 to 3) are taken to measure the melanin content, with 15 embryos in each group. Sodium deoxycholate solution is added for ultrasonic crushing. After centrifugation at 3000 g for 5 minutes, precipitate was dissolved in 150 μL of 1 mol/L NaOH solution at 100° C. and vortexed for 10 minutes, then centrifuged at 3000 g for 5 minutes. Optical density (OD405) of supernatant of each group was measured at a wavelength of 405 nm. Relative melanin content of zebrafish in each group was calculated by taking the melanin content of the blank control group as 100%.

Results are as follows:

(1) AFM Characterization of DNA Triangular Origami

As shown in FIG. 2 , an AFM image shows that the DNA triangular origami has been successfully synthesized.

(2) Agarose Gel Electrophoresis

As shown in FIG. 3 , molecular weight of the DNA triangular origami after synthesis is higher than that of the scaffold strand M13mp18, which once again confirms successful synthesis of the DNA triangular origami. Redundant DNA staple strands are successfully removed by ultrafiltration.

(3) Interfacial Tension

As shown in Table 2, the DNA triangular origami prepared in Embodiment 1 can significantly reduce an interfacial tension of a water-oil interface, which is beneficial to stability of the water-oil interface. The effect of Embodiment 1 on reducing the interfacial tension between water and oil even exceeds that of commercial common emulsifiers Tween 80 and PGPR in Comparative Embodiment 3. But for Comparative Embodiment 1 and Comparative Embodiment 2, amount of modified cholesterol and the concentration of the DNA triangular origami were reduced, respectively, and decrease of interfacial tension was reduced, which indicates that it was not conducive to stability of the oil-water interface.

TABLE 2 Interfacial tensions for different water and oil phases Interfacial tension Water phase Oil phase (mN/m) water oil 21.72 Embodiment Embodiment 4.22 1 1 Comparative Comparative 9.48 Embodiment Embodiment 1 1 Comparative Comparative 12.35 Embodiment Embodiment 2 2 Comparative Comparative 5.59 Embodiment Embodiment 3 3

(4) Stability of W/O/W Double Emulsion

As shown in FIG. 4 , the blank control group contains a W/O/W double emulsion without any emulsifier, and its emulsion stability index is highest, indicating that the emulsion is unstable. In Embodiment 1, the emulsion stability index can be reduced to a greatest extent, and stability of the W/O/W double emulsion can be greatly improved, with better effect than that of the W/O/W double emulsion prepared using two conventional emulsifiers Tween 80 and PGPR in Comparative Embodiment 3. Emulsion stability indexes of Comparative Embodiment 1 and Comparative Embodiment 2 are relatively high, which indicates that emulsion stability for Comparative Embodiment 1 and Comparative Embodiment 3 is not high.

(5) Controlled Release of Arbutin and Coumaric Acid

As shown in FIG. 5 , zero-order release in a release process can be achieved for arbutin and coumaric acid in Embodiment 1, which facilitating sufficiently achieving whitening effect of arbutin and coumaric acid. The controlled release effect of arbutin and coumaric acid in Comparative Embodiments 1-3 is not achieved in an ideal state.

(6) Whitening Effect

As shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 , under intervention of UV-B, most significant whitening effect on zebrafish is achieved in Embodiment 1, the melanin content in zebrafish is reduced to the greatest extent. The whitening effect for both arbutin and coumaric acid in Comparative Embodiments 1-3 is not achieved in an ideal state, and the melanin content is not decreased significantly.

In the disclosure, the cholesterol is used to modify a specific number of DNA staple strands, and the prepared DNA triangular origami can be used as a single emulsifier to stabilize the W/O/W double emulsion, which has good stability and can simultaneously deliver hydrophilic arbutin and hydrophobic coumaric acid. The DNA triangular origami designed in the disclosure has the central nano hole, which can be used as a nano channel for release of arbutin and coumaric acid, thus controlling release of arbutin and coumaric acid, and having important significance in sufficiently achieving whitening effect of arbutin and coumaric acid.

The above is only preferred embodiments of the present disclosure, but not intended to limit the present disclosure in any form or substantially. It should be pointed out that some improvements and supplements can be made by those of ordinary skilled in the art without departing from methods of the present disclosure, which should also be regarded to be within a protection scope of the present disclosure. Some changes, modifications and equivalent changes can be made by any of technicians who are familiar with the art by using technical content disclosed above without departing from the spirit and scope of this disclosure, which are equivalent embodiments of this disclosure. Meanwhile, any alternations, modifications and evolutions to any equivalent change made to the above-mentioned embodiments according to essential technology of the present disclosure are still within the scope of technical schemes of the present disclosure. 

1. A single emulsifier based on DNA triangular origami technology, wherein the single emulsifier is DNA triangular origami prepared by modifying cholesterol onto DNA staple strands and then synthesizing with a DNA scaffold strand, the cholesterol being modified onto 3′ ends of the DNA staple strands; and the DNA triangular origami has a central nano hole, both of the DNA triangular origami and the central nano hole are equilateral triangles, and a number of cholesterol-modified DNA staple strands in each block unit of the DNA triangular origami is 15; wherein the cholesterol-modified DNA staple strands are SEQ ID NO.2, SEQ ID NO.5, SEQ ID NO.6, SEQ ID NO.10, SEQ ID NO.13, SEQ ID NO.18, SEQ ID NO.19, SEQ ID NO.20, SEQ ID NO.24, SEQ ID NO.31, SEQ ID NO.36, SEQ ID NO.43, SEQ ID NO.47, SEQ ID NO.54, SEQ ID NO.57, SEQ ID NO.62, SEQ ID NO.63, SEQ ID NO.65, SEQ ID NO.66, SEQ ID NO.67, SEQ ID NO.68, SEQ ID NO.72, SEQ ID NO.77, SEQ ID NO.78, SEQ ID NO.82, SEQ ID NO.83, SEQ ID NO.87, SEQ ID NO.97, SEQ ID NO.99, SEQ ID NO.105, SEQ ID NO.111, SEQ ID NO.112, SEQ ID NO.116, SEQ ID NO.119, SEQ ID NO.126, SEQ ID NO.129, SEQ ID NO.135, SEQ ID NO.136, SEQ ID NO.139, SEQ ID NO.141, SEQ ID NO.142, SEQ ID NO.145, SEQ ID NO.149 and SEQ ID NO.155.
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 3. A preparation method of a double emulsion based on DNA triangular origami technology, comprising following steps: step (1): designing and synthesizing the DNA staple strands according to claim 1; step (2): mixing and dissolving the DNA scaffold strand and the DNA staple strands in a buffer, and setting a temperature program to synthesize the DNA triangular origami; step (3): purifying and enriching the DNA triangular origami obtained in step (2); step (4): adding arbutin into an internal water phase, adding coumaric acid into an internal oil phase, adding the enriched DNA triangular origami obtained in step (3) into the internal water phase, which then is added into the internal oil phase and subjected to ultrasonic reaction to obtain a W/O emulsion; and step (5): adding the enriched DNA triangular origami obtained in step (3) into an external water phase, and then adding the W/O emulsion obtained in step (4) for ultrasonic reaction to prepare a W/O/W double emulsion based on the DNA triangular origami technology; wherein in step 3), a concentration of the enriched DNA triangular origami is 10±1 μM.
 4. The preparation method of the double emulsion based on the DNA triangular origami technology according to claim 3, wherein in step 1), a total number of the staple strands of the DNA triangular origami is
 156. 5. The preparation method of the double emulsion based on the DNA triangular origami technology according to claim 3, wherein in step 2), the DNA scaffold strand is M13mp18, a molar concentration ratio of the DNA scaffold strand to the DNA staple strands is 1:10, and the buffer is a TAE-Mg2+ buffer, the temperature program is set to be 95° C. for 3 min, followed by temperature drops from 95° C. to 15° C. at a cooling rate of 0.01-0.02° C./s.
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 7. The preparation method of the double emulsion based on the DNA triangular origami technology according to claim 3, wherein in step 4), addition amount of arbutin is 500±1 μg/mL and addition amount of coumaric acid is 100±1 μg/mL.
 8. The preparation method of the double emulsion based on the DNA triangular origami technology according to claim 3, wherein in step 4), a volume ratio of the internal water phase to the internal oil phase is 1:4 to 6, and in step 5), a volume ratio of the W/O emulsion to the external water phase is 1:4 to
 6. 9. The preparation method of the double emulsion based on the DNA triangular origami technology according to claim 3, wherein in step 4) and step 5), ultrasonic power of the ultrasonic reaction is 80±5 W, with a frequency of 25±5 kHz and an ultrasonic duration of 90±5 s.
 10. An operation method for a phenolic delivery system with the double emulsion based on the DNA triangular origami technology prepared by the method according to claim
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